Copy-holder.



W. A. OLIVE.

COPY HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8, 1908.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

WALTER A. OLIVE, or

INDIANOLA, IOWA. a

COPY-HOLDER.

. Sp ecification Letters Patent,

Patented Feb. s, 1909.

Applieati on filed June 8,1908- Serial No..437,3Q1.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, WALTER A.'OLIVE, a. citizen of the United States,residing at Indianola, in the county of Warren and State of Iowa, haveinvented a'certain new and useful Copy-Holder, of which the following isa specification.

'The object of my invention is to provide' a copy-holder of simple,durable and inex-' pensive construction designed to be placed upon atable or other horizontal support and to hold a sheet of paper, or anumber of sheets of paper, at any desired angle, so that the user mayreadily read the notes upon the n sheet of paper and so that the paperwill be.

held firmly in position and will, not be af-; fected by ordinary draftsof Wind.

A further obj ect= is to provide .a device of this kind that is alsoadapted for use as a.

paper weight. p

' My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combinationof the Variousparts of the device, whereby the objects con-' templatedare attained, as hereinafter more;

fullyset forth, pointed outin my claims,

' and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- 7 Figure 1shows a top 'or plan view ofa device embodying my invention. Fig. 2

shows a sectional view of same on the line' 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 showsa top'orpl'a'n viewof a modified form of the invention,

'andFig. 4 shows a sectional view on the line 47-4: of Fig. 3. In thisfigure a-sheet of paper -is shown supported in ppsition for use. i

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

,rthe frame of the device in the form shown in Figsfland 2, comprises asheet-metal cyl-- 40 inder -10, taperedftoward its upper end and havinga horizontal partition 11 spaced apart frointhe upper end. Thispartition, is provided with an openirw 12 through which shot13, orany'other suitable Weight, may be inserted intothe lower part .of thecylinder as required to give the device the necessary stability andweight. Mounted upon the top of the partition. 11, is a guide 14 and Yin this guide I have slidinggly mounted the ends 15 of a wire paoer holer The central portionlti of the wire paper In the modified'formshown inFigs. 3f

land 4, I have shown the trams of the ma;- i chine formed complete of asingle piece of unaterial such as glass, the body'portion 'ibeingindicated by the numeral 18. At its upper portion is a substantiallycylindrical recess 19 and in this recess is a paper holding arm 20, ofsubstantially the same outline as the wire paper holder hereindescribed.

The armoQO is formed integral with the bodyportion 18 and is notadjustable. I

: In practical use with either form of the invention and assuming thatit is desired to hold a single sheet of-paper, then the op erator bendsthe paper along a longitudi nally central line and places the lowercentral portion of the sheet of paper between thepaper holding arm andthe adjacent side of the body portion as clearly shown in Fig.

4. I have found that when a sheet-of paper.

'isTlilmrtadong a central line and placed 'in said position, the sidesof the body portion'will engage the paper in such a manner a as to holdits lower portion in position with the, lower-edges of thepaper bentupwardly and whenin' 'said'position'an ordinary sheet of'writingpaperwill be firmly supported.

In the form shown in Figs. 1 and'2, the paper holding arm may be movedin the slide 14: to and from. the adjacent side of the body portionlO,hence, by this arrangement the devlce. maybe adapted for holding asingle sheet of paper at any desired angle, and it may also beadaptedfor holding a book or a large number of sheets oztpaper.

I claim as my invention.

1. An improved copy holder, comprising a body portion having arecessijn' its top,

and an arm lin said recess extending upwardlyand toward one side of therecess.

2.- An improved copy-holder, comprising a body portion having a recessin its top,- and an arm insaid recess extending upwardlyand toward oneside of the recess, said arm being slidinglysupported.

.- .,3.. An improved copy holder, comprising asheet metal body portion,with its walls holder eatendsfupwar'dly andat an obtuse j tapered towardits upper end, a horizontal partition therein spaced apart from the topand having an opening therein a guide on said partition, and a singlepiece of Wire doubled at its central portion and having its endsslidingly mounted in said guide, said Wire being extended upwardly fromthe partition and toward one side of the body and then downwardly to apoint below the top I of the body, substantially as and for the Ipurposes stated. 10

Des Moines, Iowa, May 25, 1908.

WALTER A. OLIVE.

Witnesses:

RALPIi ORWIG, MILDRED B. GOLDIZEN.

